Tranexamic acid and the reduction of blood loss in total knee and hip arthroplasty: A meta-analysis

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gandhi, Rajiv ^a   Evans, Heather M K ^b   Mahomed, Safiyyah R ^c   Mahomed, Nizar N ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allogeneic transfusions; Antifibrinolytic; Joint replacement; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; META ANALYSIS; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 84877023256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-184     Document Type: Article

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